English Dictionary

waiting

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈweɪtɪŋ/

名詞

可算名詞 廃用 不可算名詞

(obsolete) Watching. / The act of staying or remaining in expectation. / Attendance, service.

日本語の意味

（古語）見張り、監視すること / 待つこと、期待している状態で留まること / 仕えること、接客、奉仕

His nightly waiting prevented the thieves from approaching the camp.

彼の夜間の見張りが泥棒たちが野営地に近づくのを防いだ。

意味（1）

(obsolete) Watching.

意味（2）

The act of staying or remaining in expectation.

There was an awful waiting in the earth, / As if a mystery greatened to its birth.

意味（3）

Attendance, service.

But it had never occurred to him that he should live in any other than what he would have called an ordinary way, with green glasses for hock, and excellent waiting at table.

waitings （ plural ）